Choux Pastry

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This pastry is used for cream puffs, eclairs, churros and profiteroles. It normally contains about 4 eggs so would be quite high in protein. To replace some of the egg, we are using aquafaba, the liquid in a can of chickpeas, and whipping it.

Choux Pastry

This pastry is used for cream puffs, eclairs, churros and profiteroles. It normally contains about 4 eggs so would be quite high in protein. To replace some of the egg, we are using aquafaba, the liquid in a can of chickpeas, and whipping it.
Servings: 18 puffs
Course: Desserts, Pies & Cobblers
Calories: 78

Ingredients
  

  • 1 c Cook for Love Baking Mix
  • 1/4 c Tapioca starch
  • 1/2 tsp Xanthan Gum
  • 22 g Jell-O Instant Vanilla Pudding (2 tablespoons)
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 10 fl.oz. Rice milk
  • 6 TBSP Butter melted
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1/4 tsp Cream of Tartar
  • 1/2 c Aquafaba (Strained Chickpea Brine)

Method
 

  1. Mix together baking mix, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, instant pudding, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
  2. Combine the rice milk and butter in a medium-sized saucepan, heat until the butter has melted, and bring to a rolling boil. Add the vanilla.
  3. Remove the pan from the heat, and add the starch mix all at once, stirring vigorously with a whisk.
  4. Return the pan to the burner and cook over medium heat, stirring all the while, until the mixture smooths out. This should take less than a minute. Remove from heat and let cool for ten minutes.
  5. While the dough is cooling, put the aquafaba and cream of tartar into the bowl of your standing mixer. With the whisk attachment, whip on high until stiff peaks form. It will take awhile for the mixture to reach the right stiffness, about 10 minutes.
  6. Remove half of the whipped aquafaba and fold into the dough as best as you can. Don’t worry, it won’t look consistent yet. Add the dough into the remaining aquafaba. Replace whisk attachment with paddle and mix for 2 minutes until dough is smooth.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 78kcalProtein: 0.276gPhe: 11.1mgPKU Exchanges: 0.74exch

Notes

Reader Q&A:
Q: Can I use a hand mixer? My stand mixer just broke! A: Should be fine.
Q: what are the steps to follow after step 6? Recipe looks incomplete…. A: Since the choux pastry is used in two recipes so far, we broke it down — there is a recipe using it for cream puffs and one for churros. We should find a way to link so it makes more sense. Thanks for pointing it out!

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